The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-02 00:00:00

Is it possible, that you should be appalled by fe.lr ,)t - death to such a degree, as to do nothing to save your native land ? Ikcolleet your fair anterior ft:ne ; lire no b tiger indolent and pusilanimous, among traitors, who profane the sacred cup, devoted to di% tne service, to get intoxicated in your sight. The brave man and the coward dies but once; but the just lives eternally with God. " PALABIO. " Governor of Minorca." " Mahon, the z4th of lune, ISA" D. Arznass LASAIICA and D. VINCENT, Duke De E,trada, have been appointed by the provisional Governor General, to receive the offers of those who wish to enlist in the Army of Madrid, or make'con trihutions for the public service. The national Bank 's to take charge of the monies which-shall be paid in for that purpose. His Excellency Don Pziaxo GONZALES LLAMAS, 9 0M IllandeNiO.Cbiel of the Axn3y of Defence of Valeilcia and Murcia, who is ow in this capital, a.ddressed rit e following proclamation to the troops ;Index h CORAuguid, betore he arrived here : C tN ERAL OIUARS of the ilth August, ad, Suers of the Army 01 Defence of the King of V 41116006 and igtercieiwpWe are on toe point 91 Cat e r' n g Atdrid. the Capital of the vast domi nions and kingcleaaa which compose our beloved nation. The eagles of our enemies dread the aveng ing arm that comes to 4. hastise them for their ini quities. You have seen the temples and sanctuaries outraged ix the most scandalous manner. That in- heritauce of our forefathers, granted them by di- Vine Providence, must be maintained by the Spanish with all their might. The strictest discipline and military order must be indispensably observed by t hose who march in the road to glory. Let us ren •der ourselves worthy of that honour, in order that !Ottr -Fellow Citizens may admire the virtues which we ought to possess. Soldiers, be obedient to your Chiefs, because it is your duty to be so, and be con /inced that they will never wink at undiscipline and disorder, which cannot but disgrace them. Cum;,a mons in arms, chew your gratitude to the people of Neweastile; who have so kindly endeavoured to meet all our wants ; Madrid is its Capital, as it is that of all SOiti ; treat its inhabitants as your brethren, and let the Most perfett harmony prevail between them and you. All this is recommended to yet% and ex peeted from your itkplty.uucl otledisuce, by your Ge omit Partio.GoritAutz LLAMAS."(SuppIe. vz vu of the "Madrid Gazdte of August 47.) PitOCV MAT, ON I:l rth4 General COn.inanding the Portuguese Army to the solumrs of die h reiich Army is Yorwg~ci. o t rou ß s o* tht # e REsca ~.-1 1142 moment Winn to speak Openly to Igoe wh o hith ef lo bavo iliN t ed to listen to the 144 Papof reason. Open your ere, Soldiers, to the d al* ~D . 03, o f ov ils .v ibiqb bate grown up tinder YOQr feet ' eatonh tbe'fotilish ambition Of your Eni l)erdr, the= iniptilicy, the avarice, arid the sanguinary barbiblty of your Generals. 44 LiSt4l3 to tho ► woe, the cry plan army, which Zia I:44ved mat a man may be a sialdier, and yet 41143 48; that in tn.! same heart may' be united the most 'intrepid bravery, with religion and morality. What do you hope for from the Portuguese armies, the brin e Laglish, or the high-spirited Spaniards, Our desrAllies, sworn enemies to your Government, 'which 'has with the greatest-atrocity, outraged the nandversecuted the other ? To forge chains for - Iv qj COdttry, or to perish in the field of battle. hat a frightful alternative : it is nevertheless your fate. But an allied and betrayed Prince ; but a hOsnitable and pillaged nation ; but a pacific and assassinated nation, demands our vengeance.-- There remains but one way of avoiding so cruel a calamity. Abandon your colours ; come and join yourselves . to our army ;if you do so, promise you, it the name of the Prince, in the name of the People, that .you shall be treated as friends, and that you - shall one day have the pleasure of returning to your homes); and to your families, whose grief at losing .you has distraaed them. This advice can neither be considered as contrary to duty or honour, if it is properly understood. But, Soldiers, if there be any among you so insensible of the sweet etno tiOns of religion and humanity, that they will not %Tilt their posts, they are well worthy of the cause they defend, and the recompense that awaits them. Such monsters are a heavy burthea to the world. Soldiers, make your deterninatiou while you have have an opportunity.-OM 6 i 3 made. (Signed) " BERNAItDIX Fall= D'ApiDRADA." t i Dated at the head cptartess of the Portuguese .Army, Aug. so, !Bog." At 79. 12.—0 n the 17th instant the Saprecn (706461 of Castile went to the Church of Santa Maria, where Te Deum was sung with the greatest solemnity, t o g i ve t h an k s to Got, for the signal benefits he has dispensed to the Monarchy. On the sal Te Deur,. was in like manner sung in .the Royal Church of San Isidra, in the presence of .the Secretaries of Suite, and hi, Excellency DON a"E.70;0 CF.BALDAS. On the loth, in the Chutth of the Fathers of the Trinity, a ,Nlai•:;, a Te Down, and a Sallie, were like wise sut , g—present the Supreme Council of - the el lrjoe _ • AURCIA AUG. 4.—ln the night of the 3 tst ult. Dov TORRADO presented himself before the Supreme Junta here, commissioned by the king dom of Galicia. After having produ6ed his Letters of Credence, he explained the objea of his mission, ..v1!1,:11 wa3, to declare the urgent necessity there for the tranquillity of the kingdom, and tle tmtiormity, of its dispositions to establish a certain Junta or Government, which should be organized Deputies from the Junta of each kingdom; that the I,ingdorris of .Galicia, Leon, and Asiuti4s, 'were ready to accede to the plan, as also those of Andalusia. The Supreme Junta here testified its complete sa tisfa6tion with this proposition,, on which it 'had previously made the most seridps reflections, and which ought to be carried into effeet as speedily as possible, to produce the advantages which all pro vinces anxiously expea. A similar opinion and approbation of the esta blishment of such a Supreme Juata has been tran,3- mitted from Badajos on the 2 Ist, fiorn Valencia on the 22d, and from Granada on the 30th of July.— (Curres. de Murcia.) EXTRACT PROM THE GAZETTE OF VALENCIA OF JULY 5. MURAT having detached Marshal MONCEY with ten thousand men to attack this Province on the side of Cuenca, in the expeEtation that the army of General SUBRAN, from Barcelona, would do the same on the side of Catalonia, General SUBRAN was perhaps defeated before he could reach our territory. MoNCEY passed the steep mountains which defend our province, and ,suer ceeded in his attempts, though our veteran soldiers gloriously did their duty. The enemy summoned the city to surrender, and the indignant populace, Nobles, Priests, and even women, all ran to arms, lined the walls, barricaded the gates, preparing the most determined resistance. The enemy opened his fire, which lasted more than seven hours, direaing his first attacks against the gate - de Quarte and the battery of St. Catherine.— The enemy's cavalry was well covered, but the fire of musketry from our walls, which was very brisk, did great execution among the infantry, as it at tempted to advance. The intrepid Captain who commanded the one 'rations in the battery of St. Catherine went upon the highest of them, and waving his handkerchief, challenged the enemy to advance. The Command ant of the gate de Quurte ordered that it should be opened; and the enemy, judging they would be permitted to enter, advanced hastily in column ; but a discharge of grape-shot was immediately made on them, which mowed them down by hundreds, and covered the ground with carcases : at length, at night, General MONCEY made a precipitate retreat, leaving behind him a variety of utensils, and ten pieces of artillery, his army of 10,00‘) men was reduced to less than 2000, arid 'the prisoners we took assured us that the greatest part of the army would have immediately deserted the General, if he had not assured them the Spaniards would gii/e them no quarter. The remainder of the army is pursued without intermission by the peasants of Huareta, and its flight is marked by its blood, and abandoned spoils. The baseness, robberies, sacrileges, and ex tortions of the French, have SO enraged the, minds of the peasants, that they consider them as beings of another species, and pursue and destroy them like wild beasts. ALCOBAcA lIN PORTUGAL), JULY f22.—The French who welt-. in this City left us to-day, at se ven in the morning, and with so much precipita tion, that, not being able to make use of the provi sions they had collecleG, they destroyed.them, even the OtlicerN throwing them away, and scattering their wine about the streets. The slightest motion alarms and terrifies them, and the Slightest rumour of the approach of troops depreskts their spirits to such a degree, that they have not power to exa mine what foundation there is for the reports. Ever fond of society, they never were so eager fOr it as on this fatal occasion, as they judge themselves most secure when they are all together. All that extra ordinary bravery and intrepidity which have been so vaunted in their Gazettes and Official Papers, is now changed into disgraceful panic and. usillanimity.— Minerva Lusitana, July 29. The following is the Proclamation issued at Ma. drid on the departure of the French : PROCLAMATION. The Council, looking with anxiety to the public tranquillity, and desirous of giving security to per sons and property, endeavours by all the means its zeal dietates , to realize these objeas.—ln conse quence of the - retreat of the French troops from this city, and the want of a garrison, advantage may be taken of these circumstances to disturb the respeEta ble citizens, and to excite movements which might endanger the general safety. The Council there fore hope, from the honourable and loyal conduct of the inhabitants of this city, that, convinced that their true interest consists in the maintenance of order, they will contribute all their efforts to the accom plishment of this purpose by aiding the measures which the occasion di&ates, and all others which 'may be taken for obtaining and ,reserving tranquil lity, with which objects the Council are ►nces4anily occupied. The Reverend Prelates and Prlests, Nobles, fathers of families, master tradesmen, and other persons, are all interested in carrying these Measures into effett. The Council therefore expects that they will zealously endeavour to convince their dependents of the necessity of retiring to their re speetive houses, shops, and occupations, and of re fraining from collating in crowds at any time in the streets and squares, or of doing any thing whi c h might tend to disturb the public peace. The Council orders that this Proclamation shall be posted up, in order that the same may be known to all pelsotis. D. BARTHOLOME MUNOZ. Madrid, August 1, isoa. A Letter froti Guernsey mentions the arrival of advices at that place from Spain, which state that the enemy having completely sacked the town of Bilboa, evacuated the place and retired to Vittoria, on the 17th ult. It is plain, therefore, that the conquest was no military advantage to the French—nothing more than a mere predatory success. Report says, that General SPENCER or Sir SAMUEL AUCHMUTY Will get the It3(11 Regiment, vacant by the death of Lieutenant-General BowYElt ; and that General MACFARLANE, General CAMPBELL olio, or General WHITHAM, Will get the battalion vacated by either General SPENCER or Sit. SAMLIEL AUCH MUTY. By the death of General B . ELLasts, the co mmand in chief of the army in BorribV is vacant ; Generals BERESEORD and MURRAY are mentioned as the most likely to succeed. Lord ROEIOUP I.4 . ITZGEAtiLD is, we understand, about to set oti as Ambassador from our Court to the Prwisional Ciovernment of Portn4al, NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, AvG. 3 t.—arrived the Phwnix, Fri gate from Corunna with dispatches. At the tixe she sailed a Spanish Frigate sailed from thence for England, supposed to be charged with very im portant dispatches for Government. The Phenix parted company with her two ciztys ago in a gale of wind. ,Arrived the Peacock Sloop of War, in seven day, from Lisbon, with dispatches, said to contain an ac count of an a&ion between the troops under Gem WELLESLEY and the French under JUNOT, in which it is stated the latter opened Sk.vo masked batteries on the British troops and destroyed many men—it is hoped, however, thig report may be exaggerated. The aaion was not over when the Peacock sailed, and the Kangaroo Sloop of War was lying with her anchor a-trip and sails sheeted home to start the moment the result was known, which there is every reason to hope will terminate in the glory and suc cess of the British anns. Arrived the Alphea C ittrT dispatches from Admiral Lord COLLIN6ttbOD, or Arrived the Plover and ~Surinam Sloops of We: from the westward. By further intelligence received by the Peacock it appears, there have been two actions in Portugal—the first was fought on the 17th and 18th inst. at Ovie. das, near 1-,niLite and lasted two days, after which the French retreated seven miles, leaving about eOOO dead on th e field of battle, and the ground over whiei they retreated was strewed with the dying and the dyad. The British and Portuguese troops followedthe enemy, and brought them to action main onlbe 21st, the result of which has not yet reached this conatty, but may be hourly expeeted 14;the Krusgaroo Sloop of War. The Portuguese are said to have murdered all the French that fell into their hands. Sir HARRY BURRARD had him self-joined Sir ARTHUEt WELLESLEY'S army previous to the commencement of the action on the 17th, and had dispatched the Brazen Sloop of War (in which vessel he arrived) to F;gueira to hasten the Transports with his troops to join him with all pos sible dispatch. The 29th and 45th Regiments are said to have suffered most in the action, and to have had several Officers killed, wounded, and prisoners ; of the following are given : Lieutenant-Colonel LAKE, 29th, killed. Mzijors NVA . Y and EGERTOi", wounded. Caitain GEARY, Royal Artillery, killed. Gai,tain TOOL', prit-otier. Captai❑ HonG,E, wounded. Lieutenant BIRMINGHAM, killed. Colonel STEWART, 201, killed. Major MoLLoy, 2gth, woundqd. Lieutenant MoartEß, 45th, killed. Ensign Dawson, 45th, killed. Captain BRADFORD, 3d Guards, Assistant Adju tatit-Gneral, killed. The Spanish Frigate which sailed - from Corunna with the Plice'nix arrived here this evening. Arrived the Spanish Lugger N. 3. de la Jtengera, Capt. DE CASTRO, with sugar, from Gijon to Co runna, detained and carried into Guernsey, and there released, and put in here to refit, being leaky. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. i.—Arrived this day the Tlzunderer, of 74 guns, having on board his Grace the Duke of ORLEANS, from Cadiz; also the Kan garoo Sloop of War, with Dispatches, from Lisbon. Likewise arrived the Paz Schooner with duplicates of the above Dispatches.—. The &Akita de Portu gal, a Portuguese two-decker, also arrived here this afternoon, from Rio de Janeiro, in tag days, On coming up to Spithead she saluted the Port Admiral with a discharge of 1g guns, whil:11 was returned by the Royal William, witii 2 i guns. YARMOUTH, SXPT. 1.-.. Sailed his Majesty's Ship, Bncoon, Jasper, and Sparrowhewk, with 37 Sail of Traaspforts, and five Store ships, for the Baltic, to bring home the Spanish Troops. His Majesty's Brig Piercer is getting under weigh for the Baltic, with a convoy. The Masters of several Portuguese Vessels which are detained at Amsterdam, have made their escape from thence, and have arrived here in a small Vessel. TORBAY, AUG. 31.—Came in the Channel Fleet, under command of Admiral DUCKWORTH, from their station off Brest.. DEAL, SEPT. l .—Arrived and sailed for the River the Kingsnzore, CH ESTER, froth Rio Janeiro. Carte down from the River the Boyd, Captain THOMPSON, for New South Wales, and remains in the Downs with the Ships as per last. The Boat-Race, between White and Hamilton, for 9.0 guineas a-side, took place on-Wednesday, at twelve o'clock. They started from London Bridge, and rowed to Chelsea. Bets, at starting, were sto 4 on Hamilton. White's being the outside boat, was very much against him. He tried to turn Ha- Milton several tunes into the tide, in which he suc ceeded off Dowgate, when he crossed the river, got a-bead of Hamilton, and kept the lead the rest of the.- way. Many amateurs wtsre present, as considerable bets were depending upon the MARG4TE, SEPT. 1. . I . As D. JOHNSON said of the Strarld or Fleet-qt7r,..',, we have now here the full. tide of liiirhan exi s terr this pl tee is at length crammed, and eVerysigni: • f invitation on the part of the hospitable of " a house, or Iddgings to let," disapp. red. Amidst the variety wh;(:li this place always' can boast of, we are not *idiot it a spruki hg rant; and fachion, and, what 1:i perhaps not a'great deal of the genteel and uornfortablei' 'amusements meet with most respa-tel;4e ericoiirage-: tnt..nt. The Theatre is well i'r - equented, tiv-.3a11s are attended, and the Libraries are cre;:•:derl ;sigh iy I: 4 7ith adventrrers at the \v!`" . h, iudeed, seem to have the most poweitA attr2tc:iions for a great proportion of the couTany. The worst species of entert.iinment ; aught tn(). - .t 'decidedly to be soppre6sed, ski - tan - if maneraic. Had we here any p ihnc, servator of morals, surely an 3.1111y. , , , 11em va,k only for the profligate w.r.lid no 1011, ; ,..r 5:! dured. - .the cl;:;graceful. state in wliich the • ~_-, 1 - mitted to remain haQ already nouyi.---7t since F ire; to be din..;tlous Gentlernan fell over- the out4ide 01 it, a: r • low water at tlle time, he re.oo):t..ki Stoti, Of which he 114 too, a very melanchcily ei4cht 2,1 iri ini iwigttbouri , ood.--A Citiien of London, and ,t)eo. l visit the Church of the Tveo•Sist , :!. - 5: their r,..tOrn, abOut - two miles iii>in that rrehicle was unfortunately overt:tined, owv.g to the badness of the road the La'!}' was 1- - ..ktld the spot, and the husband had an a, 11.1 i)rtlitt!, and Was otherwise much hurt. TI •e, si(uatbn of their diScon solate ho are here, may be more easily ctn teived than dekribed. Mr. PALMER, of Drury-Lane Theatre, give kiq night, at the As-iembiy noon], 1111 Porirdit• g y - t k e Living and the Deiat His audience t ras ti 1:1 ne werous and genteel, and seemed well satisfied with their du tertain EXTRACT Or A LEITER FROM GOTTENT3URGH, DATED AUGUST 19. " Since my last to you of the 17th, we hare heard nothing from Stockholm. A repnrt, however, is in vety general circulation here; that the Russian Fleet which lately put to sea from Cronstadt, has been fallen in with by the Swedish Squadron, and part of that under the command of Sir JAMEG SAUMA : acz, and that the Russians, preferring running to fighting, escaped in great contuion own A Gentleman who left P. is arrived in town ; were then t utorrnS us that there •ds of 80 neutral vesseis, ueen permitted to unload of their cargoes, in defiance of the vigi :duce of LZsEPPE, the French Consul, who had re-1 sorted to every art to induce the crews to !etray their employers, by asserting that the ships carve from England, dr had touched t British Ports. Neithet arts nor menaces suc&eded ; the vessels are an en tered at the Custort House, and are proceeding in the usual and regular way. We augur from this and other co'incidenLes, that the affairs In Spain have made no inconsicerable iwpresgioi; on the politics Of Russia. " DispatcheS have been received here from Eng land which have been forwarded to St. PeiersbUrgh by Mr. JonN HALLIDAY. Some Swedish Vessels have been chartered from hence to convey the Spanish troops now in Langeland to Spain ; we hear they are to touch in England, before they proceed to Spain, trim whence they are to be allowed to bring cargoes of salt." ' STOCKHOLM, AUG. I On the 14th oft, the Swedes gained a battle over the fussians Lappo ; the enemy's forces consisted of GOOO mei, with eight cannon, and our owe only of 3300 eien, with 14 cannon, of which, however, only eight were in battle. Our head-qoarters is at present at Lapps, but a part of the army stands some miles farth e r southward. This, my dear G. I hope %vitt give v great pleasure to understand ; but prepare yo e :self to hear bad news, which very neariy concerns you : Your Uncle, with his son, who was at hbnie, are carried away, together with all their proptely, by the Russians ; in consequence of which the young who lived at this place, was obliged to go to Rasko, and went from hence last Sat ureay evening at eight o'clock, in order to look after what maw be left by these 'rascals. I hope, however, that any further attack will not be made by there on Cagka. " My Brother, who is in the serviceas Lieutenant on board a Brig of War, informs me, in a letter, dated Rasko, ed August, that he was arrived there the same day, with a convoy, that had on board 700 men ; some hours atier their arrival, they heard tir ing of guns and cannons, when the Counnaocler of the Brig, 1321 . 011 KLINCKVIA'STRUNE, commanded 300 men to be set on shore under his own cominaed : he took my Brother at first with him, but desired him, . after they were advanced a little, to return and take . 300 men inure with him, and go farther southward, and land' there, in order to attack the Rassians from two sides. This my Brother did, and tells me that he was at Finny or Finny-bra, the Ressiiins on one side, and we on the other. They were to attack • the Russians the day following that my 'Brother • wrote this letter, which he sent that evening away with an express. Ido not know how it weet, but suppose that I soon will have farther newefrorn him. He mentions even that the Russians bthave themselves very ill, they cut the peasants in pieces, and put them on thagarfi!Fnc•-• ..s::rn the villages, just as savage , . zeother wishes to get hold of them, wl :. he says he wilt give no parden,but cut them in pieces as fast as no can." Our commerce with Spain is already becOme very considerable. One house in London has received an order from that Country for coar,:e woollens, suffi cient to clothe 20,000 troops. Trade is looking up in the West Riding ; and the intercourse between this Country and Spain is already of great adv•ant6ge, The embarkation of Sir DAVID BAiIiD:S army going on at Cork with all expedition.. Some ca valry, and the whole of the foot-Guards will join him, with the 5 1st and 5.9 th Regiments, from this Country. The Leicestershire iViintia, cof) str9r.z, b.ave .vo lunteered their services for Spin, 1 1